This has been a year of bombast at the movies. Super-hyped movies like “Deadpool” and “Batman vs. Superman” crush the box office with enormous openings, while thoughtful movies like “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” or “Eddie the Eagle” have been tossed in the dustbin of movie memories while barely registering on most filmgoers’ radar. That’s why it’s […]
Ever since “Iron Man” took the world by storm in 2008, Marvel’s comic-book movies have been tearing up the global box office with a mix of witty writing, vibrant visuals, A-level actors and an undeniably fun spirit. While the movies had lots of PG-13 level action violence, “The Avengers,” “Thor,” “Captain America,” “Guardians of the […]
Christy Beam was just a regular wife and mother of three in the Dallas-area suburb of Burleson, Texas, when she learned that her young daughter Annabel was diagnosed with a rare and incurable digestive disorder. It seemed Annabel would never have a chance at a normal life, but on a rare day in which she […]
Before my divorce, I usually only prayed at Mass on Sundays and before meals. Once my divorce hit, it seemed like I was praying all the time. Well, that is, if you consider pleading praying. I was calling out (read: SCREAMING) to Jesus continuously throughout the day for Him to save my marriage. Most of […]
Have you ever picked up Pope Francis’s book, Misericordiae Vultus? Like you’d expect, it’s filled with classic Pope Francis quotes, but even more than that, it’s smashing. It’s smashing most of my ideas about the limitations of mercy. I thought I just had to forgive seven times seventy. But in some instances, relationships in particular, […]
Numerous movies have portrayed the story of Jesus over the decades, ranging from the family-friendly “The Greatest Story Ever Told” on through the horrifically detailed and strictly for adults depiction found in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ.” Yet somehow, the new movie “Risen” has found a uniquely compelling and fully relatable way to […]
